Bans on pork imports after the swine flu outbreak will be highlighted in the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) report on protectionism due in the coming weeks, Reuters cited trade sources as saying today. But overall the report will not show any dramatic upsurge in protectionism as the economic crisis grinds on, rather a "steady drip" of trade measures, one source said. The WTO will be putting the finishing touches to its regular trade measures report ahead of the June 23-24 ministerial meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, the sources said. The OECD annual meeting regularly devotes some time to trade, and will be attended by WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy. "If we can get it finished by then we will," said one source, adding that otherwise Lamy would take the details with him to Paris to brief trade ministers.
